I also had run-ins with the White House press advance team, who could be extremely demanding and difficult, unreasonably so at times. I particularly remember one press advance officer, a woman -- skilled at her job, with years of experience.But she was prickly as a hedgehog. And she was just going around all the time in every circumstance talking about the F...ing Chinese this and the F...-ing Chinese that, and just going on, and in places where the Chinese could easily hear her.I finally went up to her and said, "You know, some of us who are working with you on this visit have what you call F...ing Chinese for children and wives, and we don't appreciate you using that term. What's more, the Chinese we're negotiating with probably hear what you're saying and it makes our job much more difficult when they know you're being so dismissive and nasty to them."Her boss apologized to me later on. She didn't apologize, but she did change her tune. After that we had a good, professional relationship. She came to Beijing as well and she screamed and yelled as usual, but she knew how to make things work and so we got along. But sometimes you have to tell the White House when they're doing something stupid.